Bear Simulator is “like a mini Skyrim but you’re a bear”

Because we need more games where we can play as bears.

Bear Simulator is a Kickstarter project designed to tackle the horrible lack in the gaming industry when it comes to letting you play games as a bear.

The game's TL;DR summary offers: "It's like a mini Skyrim but you're a bear."

Delving a little deeper, it looks to be a first-person environmental exploration affair, which should let you roam different environments, find and eat food, and fight with things which might get in your way.

The trailer adds that the finished version of the game will have the bear on all fours, crawling or leaping, only standing to examine things. Currently, though, the view is set to a first-bear combat perspective with two paws held out in front like Frankenstein's monster-bear.

The tone of the Kickstarter page gives it more of an Internet novelty project feel although the trailer is more interesting. The costings breakdown reveals that the majority of the funding is intended to improve the look and sound of the game as well as pick up engine licenses and so on.

As for the Skyrim comparison, rather than offering a scientifically accurate bear experience, the developer, Farjay Studios, says:

"While fumbling about on your crazy bear adventure you may come upon curious things that stand out from the generic tree or frog. This all has to do with the grand Bear Simulator quest that will explore the mysterious heritage of bears with a storyline so compelling it will win several Oscars including Best Lead Actor."

Bear fans may also like to know that the Bear Simulator campaign actually launched just after Halfbrick Studios announced their own game, Bears vs. Art, where you play as a bear hellbent on destroying art after an influx of galleries has ruined its habitat. Perhaps a sign that the industry is more bear-friendly than Farjay fears.